Where do constellations come from?

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Answer 1

constellations are just stars. we human beings saw them in our sky and thought that they resembled beings from our own mythologies. the thing is, you can make a picture out of any of them. if you were on a different planet, in a different galaxy, you would see a completely different set of constellations.

Answer 2

Constellations come from the human imagination. People saw patterns in the night sky, named them and ascribed significance to them.

Constellations are not intrinsic objects in their own right, the stars that make up most constellations are nowhere near each other, they just appear that way in the sky.

Various cultures have different names for the constellations and sometime recognize different constellations all together.

Answer 3

constellations, especially the zodiac signs, mostly come from greek mythology. the arrow that sagittarius is firing is aimed at the red heart of scorpio (a star named antares). there's even a constellation for the arrow the centaur is firing!

In all there are 88 constellations that would have been named by past astronomers for purposes of clear identification & navigation if not for ancient mythologies. not every star appears in a constellation as some are too faint. also there are some scattered stars that don't feature in any constellations.

did you know that the stars rise 3 mins 56 earlier each night? for some reason that silly fact still captivates me!

Answer 4

Constellations are a subjective grouping of stars that appear to look like something in one's culture. For example Orion, the Hunter or Canis Major, the big dog. The distance from the Earth to each star in a constellation is very different. From our point of view, the stars in a constellation or in the sky for that matter all appear to be the same distance away.

Answer 5

The names of the nothern constellations were given by ancient Greeks, mostly based to mythology. The names of the southern constellations were given by the european explorers that saw them at the sky. The generally have the names of naval and scientifical instruments

Answer 6

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Answer 7

They are patterns we see in the sky. First modelled by the Sumerians, Egyptians, Greeks. The names and patterns we are most familiar with are mostly the remnants of the Greek astronomical studies.

Keep in mind that the universe is a deep three-dimensional space, and stars seldom are just located on some two-dimensional plane. The stars in Orion, for example, are very far apart in their depth of field.

Answer 8

Psalm 8
1 O LORD, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory
above the heavens....
3 When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,

4 what is man that you are mindful of him,
the son of man that you care for him?